Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1980s-1990s (Creation)
Level of description
recordgrp
Extent and medium
+/- 800 photographs
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Afrapix was a collective agency of amateur and professional photographers who documented Apartheid South Africa through their photographs in the 1980s. At its height there were 20 members, and up to 60 "stringers" which had an affiliation and would do projects for Afrapix.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This collection was opened by Julie Frederikse while she began researching her book The Unbreakable Thread: Non-Racialism in South Africa. The photographs she gathered, numbering over 1200, form the bulk of this collection. Captured by photographers from Afrapix and International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF), and other photographers of the time, this collection of 'struggle photography' is a visual document of South Africa's turbulent political past, and include topics such as: African National Congress, Conscription, Education, Elections, Funerals, Labour, Living Conditions, Military and Police, National Party, Protests, Transvaal Indian Congress, Resistance, and Unrest.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The photographs which are displayed here form part of "The Original SAHA Photograph Collection". Not all of the images have been taken by AFRAPIX photographers and are therefore excluded from this project. However, the numbering and structure of the "The Original SAHA Photograph Collection" has been retained.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
The copyright of the photographs in this collection rests with the respective photographer.
Permission to use these photographs for publication has to be obtained from the photographer / AFRAPIX.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
The photographs have been digitised from the the collection "AL2547 - The Original SAHA Photograph Collection", held at the South African History Archive (SAHA).
http://www.saha.org.za/collections/south_african_history_archive_photographs_6.htm